Buck Rogers

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comic strip character fictional character film serial character radio drama character science fiction hero television character

Buck Rogers is a pioneering science fiction hero who popularized space adventure in early 20th-century American comics, radio, film serials, and television.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 1
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1939 film serial) 1
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979 TV series) 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf comic strip character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
film serial character ⓘ
radio drama character ⓘ
science fiction hero ⓘ
television character ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Buck Rogers ⓘ
surface form: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
characterName Anthony Rogers ⓘ
comicStripDebut 1929 ⓘ
comicStripDebutMedium newspaper comic strip ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Philip Francis Nowlan ⓘ
firstAppearance Armageddon 2419 A.D. ⓘ
firstAppearanceDate 1928 ⓘ
firstAppearanceMedium pulp magazine story ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre science fiction ⓘ
space opera ⓘ
hasAdaptation Buck Rogers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1939 film serial)

Buck Rogers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979 TV series)
hasCompanion Wilma Deering ⓘ
hasEnemy Killer Kane ⓘ
Mongol Empire ⓘ
surface form: Mongol Empire (fictional)
influenced Dan Dare ⓘ
Flash Gordon ⓘ
Star Wars ⓘ
surface form: Star Wars franchise

space adventure genre ⓘ
medium comic strips ⓘ
film serials ⓘ
radio serials ⓘ
television series ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableFor being one of the earliest space opera heroes in mass media ⓘ
popularizing space adventure in American popular culture ⓘ
occupation adventurer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
publishedIn Amazing Stories ⓘ
publisher National Newspaper Service ⓘ
setting 25th century ⓘ
theme futuristic technology ⓘ
interplanetary warfare ⓘ
space exploration ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Buck Rogers → alsoKnownAs → Buck Rogers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Buck Rogers → hasAdaptation → Buck Rogers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1939 film serial)
Buck Rogers → hasAdaptation → Buck Rogers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979 TV series)
Ford Beebe → notableWork → Buck Rogers ⓘ